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The pandemic slogan must be applied globally
World Federalist Movement · June 2021
Covid taught that no one is safe until everyone is safe, and the same holds for climate, poverty and clean water. Acting on it needs enforceable world law and accountable global bodies, and pooled sovereignty enlarges a nation rather than shrinking it.
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Engaging with AI Global Governance
World Federalist Movement · June 2021
The World Federalist Movement establishes a Transnational Working Group on AI governance. The group focuses on mapping AI’s global implications and shaping a governance framework for emerging technologies.
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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: a federalist review
Young World Federalists · May 2021
Marvel’s political series treats global problems through an American lens, never says what its Flag-Smashers want, and reduces the international system to treating refugees well. Its one useful thread is who holds power and answers for it.
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It’s Time for a Nuclear-weapon-free Northeast Asia
World Federalist Movement · May 2021
Northeast Asia has been in a state of war since 1945. A treaty among Japan and the two Koreas, guaranteed by the US, China and Russia, would create a nuclear-weapon-free zone, and a coalition modelled on the one for the International Criminal Court could drive it.
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TakeAction for March 2021: Building peace & security
World Federalist Movement – Canada · March 2021
Because China’s Security Council seat blocks UN action on Myanmar’s coup, Canada should widen its limited sanctions on the military, and readers are urged to write to the foreign minister.
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Mondial Spring 2021: WFMC President Walter Dorn appears before Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs
World Federalist Movement – Canada · March 2021
Walter Dorn urges Canada to sign the treaty banning nuclear weapons, having joined the chemical and biological bans, and suggests the World Health Organization be given the OPCW’s any-time inspection powers.
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Mondial Spring 2021: WFMC Honours Carol Greene
World Federalist Movement – Canada · March 2021
A lifetime of letter-writing, chairing a Montreal action group and quiet persistence earned a long-serving member the Hanna Newcombe Award. At 85, discouraged by rising nationalism, she stays hopeful, because ideas only work if people do.
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Mondial Spring 2021: Prospects for World Federalism
World Federalist Movement – Canada · March 2021
Walter Dorn tells an annual meeting that the pandemic shows why the WHO needs independent verification powers, including hospital visits without a national veto, and that the UN’s 75th anniversary opens a path to strengthening the system.
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Mondial Spring 2021: Next Steps for Canada’s Feminist Foreign Policy
World Federalist Movement – Canada · March 2021
The World Federalist Movement - Canada contributes to Canada’s feminist foreign policy consultation. The organization highlights the alignment of feminist foreign policy with global governance and federalist principles.
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Mondial Spring 2021: Introducing Sandra Coyle, WFM – IGP’s new Executive Director
World Federalist Movement – Canada · March 2021
Nairobi-based communications specialist Sandra Coyle explains why the 2020 pandemic sold her on global solutions, and how she would recruit young people to the federalist idea.
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Mondial Spring 2021: Getting from Here to There
World Federalist Movement – Canada · March 2021
A good future depends on changing values, not just technology. Growth must stop being the goal, and people can find more satisfaction in learning, music, community and helping others than in endless spending: more fun, less stuff.
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Mondial Spring 2021: Better Climate Governance Matters!
World Federalist Movement – Canada · March 2021
COP26 offers a chance to advance climate action. World federalists propose mediation to improve international climate negotiations.
